English Standard Version
2 Chronicles 6:6
6but I have chosen Jerusalem that my name may be there, and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.'
2 Chronicles 6:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
- New International Version (NIV)But now I have chosen Jerusalem for my Name to be there, and I have chosen David to rule my people Israel.’
- New King James Version (NKJV)Yet I have chosen Jerusalem, that My name may be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
- New Living Translation (NLT)But now I have chosen Jerusalem as the place for my name to be honored, and I have chosen David to be king over my people Israel.’”
Context of 2 Chronicles 6:6
4And he said, "Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who with his hand has fulfilled what he promised with his mouth to David my father, saying, 5'Since the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, that my name might be there, and I chose no man as prince over my people Israel; but I have chosen Jerusalem that my name may be there, and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.' 7Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. 8But the Lord said to David my father, 'Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart.
Read all of 2 Chronicles 62 Chronicles 6:6 word by word
וָאֶבְחַר֙ בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם לִהְי֥וֹת שְׁמִ֖י שָׁ֑ם וָאֶבְחַ֣ר בְּדָוִ֔יד לִהְי֖וֹת עַל־עַמִּ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 6:6
- 2 Chronicles 12:13So King Rehoboam grew strong in Jerusalem and reigned. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there. His mother's name was Naamah the Ammonite.
- Psalms 48:1Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised in the city of our God! His holy mountain,
- Psalms 78:68but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loves.
- Psalms 132:13For the Lord has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his dwelling place:
- Isaiah 14:32What will one answer the messengers of the nation? "The Lord has founded Zion, and in her the afflicted of his people find refuge."
- 1 Samuel 16:1The Lord said to Samuel, "How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons."
- 1 Chronicles 28:4Yet the Lord God of Israel chose me from all my father's house to be king over Israel forever. For he chose Judah as leader, and in the house of Judah my father's house, and among my father's sons he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel.
- Psalms 89:19Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one, and said: "I have granted help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 6:6
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-39Verses 1-39 Compare Kings (marginal references). Compare Kings (marginal references).Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-6Israel's history as God's people began with the exodus and peaked when God chose David as king and made Jerusalem his capital. Both the city and the dynasty were part of God's promise to David (see 1 Chronicles 28:4; compare 2 Samuel 7:8–17; Psalm 2:6–7).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-412Ch 6:1-41. Solomon Blesses the People and Praises God. 1. The Lord hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness--This introduction to Solomon's address was evidently suggested by the remarkable incident recorded at the close of the last chapter: the phenomenon of a densely opaque and uniformly shaped cloud, descending in a slow and majestic manner and filling the whole area of the temple. He regarded it himself, and directed the people also to…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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